Charter reference - S 1216

Pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon ChartersUlfcetel's Grant of lands, c. 1005

Showing the latin or Old English text, its sources, and a summary of its authenticity according to several authors. The reference number S 1219 refers to P. H. Sawyer's catalogue of Anglo-Saxon charters dated 1968.

[H]er switeleþ on þis write ihu þat Vlfketel God vthe and sancte Eadmunde . þat is þat lond at Rikinghale 7 al þat þerto hireð . and þat lond at Rucham . and þat lond at Wlpet . and þat lond at Hildericlea . and þat at Redfaresþorpe . also so it stonden mid mete and mid manne and mid Sake and sokne also ic it aihte. Se þe þis awende ; God almithtin aWende his ansene on domesday from him buten he it er her þe rathere bete.

Here it is declared in this document that Ulfketel has granted to God and St Edmund the estate at Rickinghall and all that belongs to it, and the estate at Rougham and the estate at Woolpit and the estate at Hinderclay and that at Redfaresthorpe, as they stand with their produce and their men and with rights of jurisdiction, as he has owned them. If anyone alters this, God Almighty shall avert his countenance from him on the Day of Judgment, unless he has made amends for it here as quickly as possible.

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